Detection of Antibiotics in Drinking Water Treatment Plants in Baghdad City, Iraq

Table 4

Detection of antibiotics in the raw and finished water at the Al-Rasheed treatment plant.Mean ± SD values of the detected antibiotics between the raw and finished water (μg L⁻¹) at the Al-Rasheed plant are listed. Statistical analyses were conducted with P< 0.05, between R1 and R3, and significant values are indicated by an asterisk. NS refers to no significant differences.

Antibiotics	Concentrations in water samples (g L^-1)		LSD value
	R1	R3
Ciprofloxacin	0.539± 0.0003333	0.492± 0.0005774	0.195 NS
Levofloxacin	0.209± 0.0005774	0.0474± 3.333e-005	0.077
Amoxicillin	0.501± 0.0003333	0± 0	0.203